The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This is shown first of all by the name of 'orb' which is bestowed upon it by the general consent of mankind. ...Our eyesight also confirms this belief, because the firmament presents the aspect of a concave hemisphere equidistant in every direction, which would be impossible in the case of any other figure."
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. - Pliny The Elder
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
- Pliny The Elder
Home is where the heart is. - Pliny The Elder
Home is where the heart is.
Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line. - Pliny The Elder
Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.
Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides. - Pliny The Elder
Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
In wine, there's truth. - Pliny The Elder
In wine, there's truth.
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain. - Pliny The Elder
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess. - Pliny The Elder
Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
Nothing is so unequal as equality. - Pliny The Elder
Nothing is so unequal as equality.
Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures. - Pliny The Elder
Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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